A very interesting article Erwin. Thank you and glad that …

A very interesting article Erwin. Thank you and glad that someone is awake. You achieve much with little. Others should be embarrassed. Alas, they are not.
I’ve never seen the value in installing rooftop solar unless you plan to live at the address for a very long time.
Because really it’s the house that owns the asset and not you. Further, government feed-in subsidies are not guaranteed in the long term.
They may even go BELOW the cost of supplied electricity if it all goes bad. There are rumblings in that direction already.
A few years back I wrote the relevant Minister in the Giles Government about my suggestions, but, rather predictably, received a “Dear John” response that referred me back to the troglodytes at PowerWater!
Politicians keep taking advice from the same sources! It was simply a waste of my time and effort.

Recent Comments by Mark Wilson

‘Voter apathy greatest threat to Territory democracy’Seriously, it is government, or more particularly politicians who put at risk the very essence of our democracy.
Politicians listen to their constituents once every electoral cycle, when they need our vote!
After that they pretty much run their own and their party’s agendas. Any wonder there is public apathy and cynicism. Quite why the Commissioner is surprised simply amazes me.
If Australia had the Swiss system where citizen initiated referenda occur up to four times a year then we would have a much higher form of true direct democracy with less influence by lobbyists (often retired politicians) and special interest groups on the political process.
However, the Swiss system requires a much more involved and educated populace.
Here we rely on compulsory voting to suggest “authenticity” and authority to the electoral process. Sadly the writer, Iain Loganathan of the NT Electoral Commission, relies too much on enrolment numbers as an end in itself.

Soy sauce now only from a bottloFantastic news! This could prove the first win for our Liquor Commission. We can all sleep soundly knowing that no one intoxicated by soy sauce will be invading our homes and running amok.

‘Gunner the Betrayer’Bruce, some people would sell their own mother if there was a buck in it.
Many of these decisions, with I fear worse to come, both Territory and Federal, are being made for budget bottom lines at the expense of long term national needs. It’s the consequence of governments being in heavy structural deficit.

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